MUSIC

Boston Modern Orchestra Project: BMOP 25th Anniversary Celebration: Play It Again

SUNDAY, APRIL 16, 2023
8:00 PM

Carnegie Hall
881 Seventh Avenue, Midtown, Manhattan

$18-$109
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There are two kinds of outreach Contemporary Classical can use: first, outreach to the non-classical audience that doesn’t realize there’s this kind of music bearing the dread name “classical” that, despite that nomenclature, actually addresses their lives in a style they’d actually like. The second is outreach to the existing classical audience, which hears that music is new or recent and starts to panic. Gil Rose’s BMOP mainly does the second — and does it beautifully. They play music that any classical music fan could enjoy — if only they could bring themselves to listen. Tonight’s program, featuring local premieres by Andrew Norman, Lisa Bielawa, and Lei Liang, could be Exhibit A.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Keep the party going at Cuban funspot Guantanamera.